Junicoast

Action D.1: Development and implementation of a communication strategy

Activities performed

• Literature review on best practice regarding environmental education and participation,
• Communication and information about the project with primary and nursery school teachers including environmental education bodies from pilot sites,
• Preparation of leaflets content and design,
• Preparation of posters content and design,
• Preparation of notice boards content and design,
• Preparation of code of conduct content and design,
• Formulation of Key messages,
• Preparation of T-shirts stamp and content,
• Media publicity content and format,
• Preparation of Radio spot content,
• Video scenes and interviews,
• Preparation of a YOUTUBE presentation of the project,
• Power point presentations,
• Write-up and submission of the report on communication strategy

Main outputs:

• Production and distribution of 20.000 leaflets to various stakeholders,
• Production and distribution of 7.000 T-shirts to various stakeholders,
• Production and distribution of 200 copies of the documentary video entitled: “A journey to coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.” to various stakeholders,
• Broadcasting 1 Radio spot in Greek and English,
• Publications of approximately 60 project articles,
• Production and distribution of 15 notice boards to various stakeholders,
• Production and distribution of 1.200 posters to various stakeholders,
• 6 TV interviews on coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.
• 1 slide show presentation (YOUTUBE) on coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.

Action D.2: Website development

Activities performed

• Website developed (content and design) and launched (www.junicoast.gr) in March 2009,
• Website being maintained and updated regularly,
• Web statistics are available from May 2009 until August 2013.
• The project official website

Action D.3: Environmental education campaign

Activities performed

• Preparation and organization of 3 educational workshops for environmental educators,
• Preparation and organization of 2 workshops for tourism representatives,
• Preparation and organization of 4 students weeks and 11 students days,
• Preparation and organization of 20 local events (meetings with campers, school visits, field visits, information workshops, final event),
• Production and distribution of fairy tale for children entitled: “A journey of a sand grain to the coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.”,
• Production and distribution of a teachers’ guide for coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.
• Creation of a small “model” garden with sand dunes and keystone species of habitat 2250* at the botanical garden of MAICh,
• Establishment of a local educational network of schools and environmental education bodies to facilitate and promote basic environmental education on coastal dunes with Juniperus spp.
• Power point presentations.

Main outputs:

• Organization of 3 educational workshops for environmental educators,
• Organization of 2 workshops for tourism representatives,
• Organization of 4 students weeks and 11 students days,
• Organization of 20 local events,
• Distribution of 4.000 fairy tale for children,
• Distribution of a teachers’ guide for coastal dunes with Juniperus spp. for environmental educators,
• 1 local educational network of schools and environmental education bodies.

Action D.4: Training for habitat protection and restoration

Activities performed

• Preparation and organization of 2 training workshops (Naxos and Chania) with stakeholders involved in the protection and management of coastal dunes with Juniperus spp. (forest directorate staff, government officers). More specifically, participants were trained and provided with the demonstration of the following:
• Concrete conservation action techniques (in situ & ex situ),
• Procedures for monitoring habitat status,
• Stakeholder participation and engagement methods for habitat management,
• Lessons learned and effectiveness evaluation results.

Main outputs:

• Organization of 2 training workshops (Naxos and Chania) with stakeholders involved in the protection and management of coastal dunes with Juniperus spp. (forest directorate staff, government officers),
• Creation of a National network of stakeholders.

Action D.5: Production and dissemination of habitat protection and restoration guidelines

Activities performed

• Exchange of data and state of the art on the protection and restoration of the habitat 2250* between the beneficiaries of the project,
• Preparation of the habitat protection and restoration guidelines,
• Completion and submission of the D-D.5 on “habitat protection and restoration guidelines”

Main outputs:

• Production (50 hard copies and 200 copies on CDs) and distribution of a “habitat protection and restoration guidelines” to stakeholders involved in the protection and management of coastal dunes with Juniperus spp. (Ministry of Environment, Ministry of Agriculture, Forest Service, Municipalities, Region of Crete, Region of South Aegean etc.). These guidelines were used in the training workshops (Action D.4) as the main training material.

Action D.6: Dissemination of findings to the scientific community and Layman’s report

Activities performed

• Preparation of a scientific publication entitled: “Vegetation diversity and dynamics of coastal dunes with Juniperus spp. in Crete, Gavdos and Chrysi”. This manuscript was submitted to the journal of “Plant Ecology and Diversity” on February 2012 and has not been accepted due to the local character of the manuscript. Comments of the reviewers will be taken into consideration and the manuscript will be submitted to a different Scientific Journal,
• Publication of the results of action A.6 (stakeholders’ consultation) in the “Environmental Management” peer reviewed scientific journal (Apostolopoulou, Ε., Drakou, E.G., Pediaditi, K., 2012, The role of participation in the management of Greek Natura 2000 sites: evidence from a cross-level analysis, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 113, pp 308-318,
• The associated beneficiary NKUA presented a poster entitled: “Population data analysis of Juniperus macrocarpa subpopulations in four sites at Crete towards the implementation of specialized conservation actions” at the 12th Congress of Hellenic Botanical Society that was held on September 2011 in Rethymno (see poster in annex 7.2 of this report),
• The associated beneficiary NKUA presented a poster in Greek entitled: “Σύνθεση και δομή των υποπληθυσμών του είδους Juniperus macrocarpa στην Κρήτη” at the 5th Panhellenic Congress of Ecology that was held on 07-10.10.2010 in Patras (see poster in annex 7.2 of this report),
• The Technical University of Crete (external assistant, action A.1) and MAICh presented a manuscript entitled: “Imaging Sand Dunes at Kedrodasos Coastal Area, Crete, Greece” at the 6th Congress of Balkan Geophysical Society – held on the 3rd to the 6th of October 2011 in Budapest, Hungary (see published manuscript in annex 7.2 of this report),
• Write-up and submission of the report on “Dissemination of findings to the scientific community”
• Write-up and submission of the Layman’s report of the project

Main outputs:

• Publication of one scientific paper in peer reviewed journal,
• Presentation of major findings in 3 conferences and their proceedings,
• Production and distribution of the Layman’s report in English and in Greek (200 hard colour copies).

Action D.7: After-LIFE communication and conservation plans

• Write-up and submission of the After-LIFE communication plan,
• Write-up and submission of the After-LIFE conservation plan

 Main outputs:

• Production (100 hard colour copies) and distribution of the After-LIFE communication plan in English and in Greek,
• Production (100 hard colour copies) and distribution of the After-LIFE conservation plan in English and in Greek.